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Old 06-25-2009, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Shelton View Post
I really like wOBA, but I would love for them to come up with something that takes into account baserunning. BP's equivalent baserunning runs is pretty nice, but I want a fangraphs version that is incorporated into their value stats. Obviously speed is taken into account by the doubles and triples. But once they are on the bases, it doesn't seem to be taken into account.
The fan graphs wOBA does included SB and CS. You are right that it would be nice if the final WAR stat included a base running component similar to the BP Equivalent Base Running stat. It will eventually.
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